About Us
Longchamp AM
An Independent and EntrepreneurialAsset Management Company
Founded in 2013, Longchamp AM built its investment management expertise around a long-term investment approach and a philosophy of alignment of interests with its investors. Its managers are personally invested in their funds and thus offer conviction-based portfolio management.
Longchamp AM is approved by the Autorité des Marchés Financiers (01 March 2013: GP – 13000009).
Longchamp AM is a unique investment management company. Through its history and its team, it is at the crossroads of investment management and capital market activities. It combines independence, agility, and an experienced team, with specialists from the world of asset management as well as financial engineering and investment banking.
Longchamp AM sets itself up both as a content creator but also as a financial engineering company which likes to develop solutions dedicated to solving specific, complex issues.
Year of Creation
Billion Euros AUMs
Funds
People
Our Activities
LongchampFunds
- Longchamp Patrimoine Fund (“LARF”): multi asset strategy
- Longchamp Autocall Fund: innovative strategy to generate equity-income with a hybrid asset class
- Longchamp Solferino Credit Fund: flexible high yield credit strategy
- Longchamp Galileo Multi Asset Premia Fund: vol premium strategy on equities, fixed income, credit
Third Party Managers
- Lafayette Dalton Asia Pacific UCITS Fund: long/short equity strategy
- Longchamp Dalton Japan Long Only UCITS Fund: long only equity strategy
- Longchamp Dalton India UCITS Fund: flexible equity strategy
- Longchamp Dalton Global Emerging Markets UCITS Fund: long only equity strategy
Tailor Made Solutions
- Dedicated Funds or “Funds of One” to reach specific needs and objectives
- Our clients: Investment Banks, Institutional Investors, Foundations, Family Offices
- Include Wealth Organization Architecture, Asset Liability Management combined with Investment Expertise
- 6 Live Dedicated Funds
Structured Products
- Open Architecture with large Investment Banks (BNP, SG, Goldman, Barclays, Credit Suisse, UBS, Morgan Stanley, Citi…)
- Idea Generation, Product Design, Best Execution
- Investment Advisory, Counterparty Selection, Legal Review
- Growing demand from Institutions for Independent Structured Advisory Services
Wealth Management
- Demanding Family Offices / HNWI clients in terms of service, performance and efficiency
- Asset engineering services with leading service providers
- Main Partners : Sogelife, Baloise, AXA, Allianz Lux, Lombard Insurance, Cardif – Société Générale, Pictet
Our Clients
Longchamp AM’s clients are mainly institutional investors, family offices, asset managers and private banks.
These investors turn to Longchamp AM to meet various needs: some invest directly in our open-ended funds, others rely on our structuring expertise to create dedicated funds. We also offer our services to a limited number of families in order to set up a wealth architecture and an asset allocation adapted to their risk and tax profile.
Our Values
Our philosophy is based on creating value over a long investment cycle while seeking to limit the risk of capital losses. Entirely owned by its employees, Longchamp AM built its philosophy around key values:
Independence
We provide objective and unbiased solutions
Integrity and transparency
In all our investment recommendations, we work to earn and keep our clients’ trust
Long-term relationships
We build stable and long lasting relationships with our clients, partners, and service providers
Alignment of interests
We invest alongside our investors in the products we offer
Our Commitment
Our History
Our Team
David Armstrong
CEO & FOUNDER, CIO AND SENIOR PORTFOLIO MANAGER
David is Chief Executive Officer at Longchamp AM, which he founded in 2013. Previously, he was a Managing Director at Morgan Stanley & Co. International Plc, heading the investment bank’s Funds and Fund Linked business globally. In particular, he was in charge of the FundLogic UCITS Platform and served as President of the French asset management company, FundLogic SAS. Prior to joining Morgan Stanley, David had spent fourteen years within the Global Equity and Derivatives Solutions division at Société Générale. After joining the group in Paris, David moved to Milan to head the global capital markets operations including all Equity and Fixed Income activities. He also chaired the Italian alternative asset management company, Lyxor SGR. Thereafter, he moved to New York to head up Structured Products Sales for the Americas. David holds a master’s degree in Business Administration from EDHEC, Lille, France.
Remi Genlot
MANAGING DIRECTOR, HEAD OF SOLUTIONS AND FUND STRUCTURING
Remi is responsible for the structuring at Longchamp AM. Remi spent most of his career in investment banks and has extensive experience in structured funds and derivative products. Before joining Longchamp AM Remi was Managing Director of Citigroup in London where he was in charge of structuring multi-active solutions for Europe. Previously, Remi worked as a financial engineer at Bank of America Merrill Lynch, Exane and Société Générale.
Remi holds an Engineering Diploma in Applied Mathematics at the ENSIMAG in Grenoble and a master’s degree from HEC in Paris.
Steven Bismuth
MANAGING DIRECTOR, CFO
Steven is responsible for ensuring the financial and administrative management of Longchamp AM. Steven has worked for 15 years in asset management and has extensive experience in alternative investment management. He began his career as a hedge fund analyst on long/short equity strategy. Before joining Longchamp AM, Steven was Head of Risks at Darius Capital Partners, an affiliate of Natixis Investment Managers, in charge of the creation and development of the risk department. Steven holds a master’s degree in decision-making mathematics from Paris-Dauphine University.
Lorenc Golemi
CHIEF RISK OFFICER & HEAD OF FINANCIAL ENGINEERING
Lorenc is the Chief Risk Officer at Longchamp AM. Before joining Longchamp AM, Lorenc worked in consultancy and advisory in investment banking and asset management. Previously he worked as Portfolio Manager, Risk Manager and Financial Engineer at UBS AM, CommerzBank and Dresdner Kleinwort Benson. He was in charge of systematic strategies and risk management of volatility and absolute return funds.
Lorenc holds an Engineer degree in computer science and a master’s degree in applied mathematics.
Jean Fau
SENIOR PORTFOLIO MANAGER
Jean has 25 years of experience in capital markets and joined Longchamp AM in September 2019 to lead Credit Strategies and manage the Credit Value Fund. His career started in 1994 at Goldman Sachs, taking various responsibilities in Convertible Bonds and Equity Derivatives, gaining close exposure to relative value and credit hedge funds. In 2003, Jean joined Susquehanna International as a Portfolio Manager, responsible for European Discretionary Investments across credit, convertible and event-driven strategies. In 2009 Jean left to launch Brennus Asset Management LLP, a London-based alternative investments manager, focused on convertible bonds and other hybrid credit instruments, using a mix of directional and relative value strategies. Before joining Longchamp Jean was a Partner and Sr Portfolio Manager at Chenavari Credit Partners from December 2014 until April 2018, where he ran High Yield, Financials and Convertible Bonds strategies across all mandates.
Jean holds a master degree in Business Administration from HEC Paris, France.
Raphaël Darmon
JUNIOR PORTFOLIO MANAGER
Raphaël joined Longchamp AM as a junior portfolio manager. Previously, he worked at Société Générale Corporate and Investment Banking (SGCIB) in the Cross Asset Solutions sales team for management companies. Before that, he was part of the alternative funds sales team at La Française Global Investment Solutions (LFIS) in London.
Raphaël holds a Master’s degree in Quantitative Finance from EM Lyon Business School.
Thibault Bourgeois
JUNIOR PORTFOLIO MANAGER
Thibault is Junior Portfolio Manager at Longchamp AM. Previously, he was in charge of the sales and structuration of investment solutions for institutional clients at Nexo Capital. Before that, Thibault had experiences at ERAAM in the multi-management hedge funds selection and sales teams and at Amundi in the Institutional Portfolio Management team.
Thibault holds a BSc. Actuarial Mathematics/Finance from Concordia University (CA) and a Master in Management from ESCP Business School (FR).
Romain Baumé
PRIVATE WEALTH MANAGER
Romain is a Private Wealth Manager at Longchamp AM. He is dedicated to developing wealth management mandates. Previously, Romain worked at Indosuez Wealth Management in the Advisory team. He managed cross-assets portfolios, developed derivatives solutions for professional clients and conducted investment committees.
Romain holds a master’s degree in Corporate Finance from the Toulouse Business School.
Lucas de Gandiaga
HEAD OF MARKETING & INVESTOR RELATIONS
Lucas is Head of Marketing and Investor Relations at Longchamp AM. Lucas joined the team following his graduation, having previously interned in client relations at the LVMH Group and as an Equity analyst in a HNWI Family Office.
Lucas holds a bachelor’s degree in Finance and Economics from the University of McGill, Canada.